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Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
And maidens call it--Love in idleness.
And maidens call it--Love in idleness.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
The wife is the key of the house.
The wife is the key of the house.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
It is a great victory that comes without blood.
It is a great victory that comes without blood.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Married in haste we may repent at leisure.
Married in haste we may repent at leisure.